Commonwealth v. Isham

Opinion of the Court by

Justice STUMBO.

The Commonwealth, the appellant herein, appeals an opinion of the Court of Appeals which reinstated an order of the Fayette District Court dismissing a criminal complaint for terroristic threatening filed against Jeffrey A. Isham, the appel-lee. We reverse.

ABF Freight Systems (“ABF Freight”) employed Isham as a truck driver. On January 8, 1999, Isham placed a telephone call to work and told his supervisor, Mike Shepherd, that he would not be able to arrive at work because of hazardous weather and road conditions. Shepherd informed Isham that the highway…